Generic name:exenatide [ ex-EN-a-tide ]
Brand names: Bydureon BCise, Bydureon Pen
Drug class:Incretin mimetics
What is Bydureon?
Bydureon is an extended release injectable diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This medication helps your pancreas produce insulin more efficiently.
Bydureon is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Bydureon is for use in adults and children at least 10 years old.
Bydureon is not for treating type 1 diabetes.
This medication guide provides information about the Bydureon, the long acting form of exenatide. Byetta is another brand of exenatide that is not covered in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use Bydureon if you have a personal or family history of thyroid cancer, if you have multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2, a cancer that can affect the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands), or if you have ever had low platelets while using exenatide.
Call your doctor at once if you have signs of a thyroid tumor, such as swelling or a lump in your neck, trouble swallowing, a hoarse voice, or shortness of breath.
You should not use Bydureon if exenatide has ever caused you to have low platelet levels in your blood.
Stop using Bydureon and call your doctor at once if you have severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back, with nausea, vomiting, and a fast heart rate. These could be symptoms of pancreatitis.
Do not use this medicine to treat type 1 diabetes, or if you are in a state of diabetic ketoacidosis (call your doctor for treatment with insulin).
Bydureon is an extended-release form of exenatide administere...
